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RELEASE NOTE

FOXCST
MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
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Management Software Release Note

Product family: FOX61x
Item ID and version: FOXCST_R2E12_SP01b_abb_signed.exe
Release date: 7 July 2017
HW compatibility: Management Software; for OS versions refer to 1KHW028633 FOX61x
Release Notes R2.
Network Element compatibility: Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R2D.
Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R2C.
Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R2B.
Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R2A.
Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R1D.
Compatible with FOX615 and FOX612 of system release R1C.
Compatible with: FOXMAN-UN R10C SP01
Previous version: FOXCST_R2D16_abb_signed.exe

Use of this SW may cause incorrect functionality or damage if not used as

Caution
specified in the system release note and/or in the user documentation.

Installation
OS Description Reference ID
Windows: 1. Uninstall your previous installation of FOXCST. --
2. Uninstall Gtk#/GtkSharp from the previous installations (if left over --
from FOXCST R1A).
3. Make sure the installer is copied locally on your PC. --
4. Execute the installer; read and follow all instructions. --
5. Start FOXCST. --
Notes For more information please have a look at the 1KHW002466 FOXCST --
Operation.
For information on third party materials and licenses please refer to the --
“Credits.txt” file in the installation folder or to Annex A: 3rd party materi-
als and licenses.

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Modifications since previous version

Type Description Reference ID
New functionality: Support of Dual Homed CE/LAN (MPLS and RSTP). --
Support of VLAN sub-interfaces (MPLS). --
Support of Router Unit EROP1. --
Collection of troubleshooting data as part of FOXCST. --
Changed functionality: QoS Configuration on NE Level. --
QoS Traffic Classification and Rate Limiting. --
Fixed bugs: Assigned SW cannot be changed with NE wide SW download. 30918
Software Download when all banks are full raises incomprehensible 32635
COMPANY.PRODUCT.INTERNAL.ERROR (0x8801090c).
MPLS Interfaces: QoS: Read only values are changeable. 34274
Infinite waiting during connection to FOX61x after cable disconnection. 38535
Discrepant performance counters between embedded FOXCST and local 38830
craft FOXCST.
Trace Route Hop table does not allow to identify Ingress / Egress MPLS 39139
interfaces.

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Known limitations
System Function Area First found in Limitation Description Workaround Id
or Unit FOXCST ESW [HW]
FOXCST Offline r1b -- Opening a backup file may fail. In offline mode opening a backup file may fail with the Delete the “unit-213” folders in the tar 30593
Configuration error message “Inconsistent data found in backup file”. file.
FOXCST Offline r1b -- GUI freezes for a long time when In offline mode the GUI freezes for a long time (several First unassign the unit and wait some 30137
Configuration a unit is removed. minutes) when a unit is removed from the shelf. The time before removing the unit.
queue of pending messages progresses very slowly.
FOXCST Offline r1a -- Incomplete installation with Only the user who installed FOXCST is able to run None. 27670
Configuration “low-profile” administrator per- FOXCST in offline mode. This limitation also applies 28804
missions. when you try to install FOXCST with the option “Run as
administrator”.

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Annex A: 3rd party materials and licenses

FOXCST incorporates materials from several Open Source software projects. Therefore
the use of these materials by the application is governed by different Open Source
licences and provide a list of the materials used and their respective licensing conditions.
For each material, a reference to its license is provided.
FOXCST ships with GTK Sharp Runtime libraries by Xamarin (http://mono-project.com)
licensed under GNU Library GPL 2.0 (LGPL 2.0). More information under
http://mono-project.com/License.
FOXCST ships with Clearlooks Theme library by Richard Stellingwerff and Daniel Borg-
mann licensed under GPL. More information under
http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=19527.
FOXCST contains the zlib.net library by Jean-Loup Gailly and Mark Adler (not further
detailed as the licence type is not specified). More information under
http://www.zlib.net/zlib_license.html.
FOXCST contains code of Mono for Silverlight by Xamarin (http://www.mono-pro-
ject.com) licensed under GNU Library GPL (LGPL). More information under
http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight.
FOXCST contains the IIOP.net library by ELCA ETH Zürich (http://iiop-net.source-
forge.net) licensed under GNU Library GPL (LGPL). More information under
http://iiop-net.sourceforge.net/license.html.
FOXCST contains the SharpZipLib library by ICSSharpCode (http://www.icsharpcode.net)
licensed under GPL. More information under
http://www.icsharpcode.net/opensource/sharpziplib.
FOXCST contains the log4net library by Apache (http://logging.apache.org) licensed
under Apache Licence version 2.0. More information under
http://logging.apache.org/log4net/license.html.
FOXCST contains icons by Yusuke Kamiyamane (http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com)
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. More information under
http://p.yusukekamiyamane.com/icons/license.
FOXCST contains the SharpSnmpLib library (http://sharpsnmplib.codeplex.com) by Mal-
colm Crowe, Lex Li, and other contributors licensed under MIT/X11 license. More informa-
tion under
http://sharpsnmplib.codeplex.com/license.
FOXCST contains the SSH.NET library (https://sshnet.codeplex.com/) by RENCI, under a
New BSD License (BSD). More information under
https://sshnet.codeplex.com/license.

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